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Fitness index
BODY MASS INDEX
Your body mass index is a measurement of the relative percentages of fat and muscle mass in the human body.
HEALTH | BMI | DESCRIPTION |
INDICATION | RANGE |
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Underweight | Less than | Your body weight is |
20.0currently lower than average. Work toward healthy, regular food intake and exercise routine to build up your health to recommended levels.
Recommended 20.0 to | Your health is at the |
25.0recommended level. Maintain a balanced diet and exercise to keep your current level of health.
Overweight | 25.1 to | Your body weight may be |
| 29.9 | above normal. Increase |
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| your exercise and work out |
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| a diet plan to lower your risk |
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Obese | 30.0 or | At this level, you may be at |
| greater | risk for heart disease, high |
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| blood pressure, and other |
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| illnesses. Consult with your |
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| health and fitness plan. |
NOTE BMI should not be used as a guideline for health risks for the following groups:
GROUP | REASON |
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Children and teenagers | BMI ranges are only based |
| on adult heights. |
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Athletes and body | BMI does not differentiate |
builders | between fat and muscle, |
| thus making it inaccurate |
| for persons with high muscle |
| volumes. |
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Pregnant or nursing | This group generates |
women | naturally high fat reserves as |
| part of the pregnancy. |
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People over the age | Fat reserves naturally tend |
of 65 | to be higher with older |
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